Stamp up some beautiful ornaments this year for yourself or for gifts. Using a cookie cutter cut shapes out of rolled out clay, stamp images and then bake, easy but lovely! Find complete directions over on the Hublebeads blog. I … Read More ...
Project: Christmas Count Down
Here’s a yummy way to count down to Christmas with a sweet candy advent calendar. The Cricut website has directions for make a wall hanging decorated with a die cut Santa and strings of candy for each day in December. … Read More ...
Project: DIY Stamped Christmas Gift Tags
Make some festive gift tags for your holiday packages with some stamping and die cutting. Hero Arts is sharing a video tutorial using the same stamps and dies to get several different styles of tags. Click here to watch.
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Tip: Getting More from Die Cuts
Some people are just too darn clever, they make me think “Wow, why didn’t I think of that?” One of those is Debbie Hughes over at Simon Says Stamp, she turn parts of a bow and paw print die cuts … Read More ...
Project: DIY Snow Globe
How adorable is this snowman snow globe?! You can make your own using a glass jar and filling it with water and glitter, add a tiny tree inside and best of all add some stamped images too, by laminating them … Read More ...
Project: Holiday Ornament Card
The Daily Marker blog has a video tutorial showing how to make this wonderful winter scene ornament card. I love the use of white ink spray for the snow and the small pops of glitter! Click here to watch.
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Techniques: Thankful Fall Card
This beautiful card is perfect for Thanksgiving or just a Thank You card. It combines lots of different products and techniques like rubber stamping, stencils with paste, dry embossing and cardstock sanding, ink blending, liquid pearls and more. You’ll learn … Read More ...
Project and Technique: Holiday Pinecone Card
Since Tim Holtz’s Distress Ink react with water it’s easy to blend and manipulate the colors together for an interesting water color look like on this lovely pinecone card. Find the directions for this cool stamping technique over on the … Read More ...
Project: Gift Tags with Stamps and Die Cuts
It’s just about time to start shopping and gift wrapping for Christmas (or maybe you already have :)). Using die cuts and stamps you can make stunning tags for your holiday gifts this year. The Capture to Moment blog has … Read More ...
Project: Thanksgiving Pumpkin Card
Here’s a great way to use up some scraps of pattern papers and ribbons, layer them behind a die cut shape for a cool card design. Here’s a great tip: Adhering those little strips is made much easier if you … Read More ...
Product Review: My Favorite Things Stencils
Stencils are probably one of the hottest trends in paper crafting right now. They are so versatile and work with many different mediums like ink pads, paints, ink sprays, pastes, air brushing, markers, glitter adhesive and much more plus … Read More ...
Project: Mixed Media Tags
Ink sprays are so popular, there’s so much you can do with and they work well with so many different mediums. Learn how to combine ink sprays, acrylic paint, texture paste and rubber stamps to make colorful tags. Stampington and … Read More ...
Project: Snowman Christmas Card
Ah yes, winter is finally here. In KY we had our first light snow fall already! Celebrate this blustery weather with an adorable snowman card. Nicole Magourik shares a video tutorial for stamping up this fun winter scene using coordinating … Read More ...
Technique: Watercolor Thanksgiving Card
You can achieve an artful stamped look using inexpensive watercolors with your stamps. Nina B shares a lovely Thanksgiving card she made using the “wet on wet” technique, visit her blog for more info on her card and a link … Read More ...
Project: Quick and Simple Hand Made Christmas Cards
Even if you don’t have lots of time to make cards this holiday season you can still make lovely cards by keeping it simple. Use only 2 colors of ink, combine coordinating stamps with out any cutting or dimension, layer … Read More ...